I have the CRUX-2.1 distribution with a custom kernel installed on a computer
that I built from an HP Pavilion's core (Trigem Cognac MB, Celeron 400, 64MB
SDRAM, etc.) and I have a fishy little problem with it. When I used "make
menuconfig" I would sometimes get restarts out of the blue, without warning. I
used "make config" and built a kernel the hard way, but despite that, I can
reproduce this unexpected restarting by logging in and then typing in:

# dmesg | less

and holding the "down" scroll button. Never fails. I flashed the BIOS to the
latest revision that can be flashed to. Sometimes this restart causes ext3
journal corruption which results in boot failure.

I've tweaked BIOS settings until they bled. Everything looks like it should
work. I think HP's older products have something terribly wrong with them at
this point.

Help? If you respond to the group, please also CC the reply to my E-mail.

Thanks!
Jody